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Delhi: Between Protection & Prayer: Stories of revered sites now under the protection of ASI
In Delhi, some monuments are not just remnants of the past. They continue to function as places of prayer, remain part of neighbourhood life, and exist within an ongoing struggle over who owns them, who maintains them, and who decides how they may be used. The authors examine the layered complexities involved
Redefining Indian Tradition Minus Christianity & Islam is Intellectual Dishonesty
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Nalanda Mahavihar: Did Bakhtiar Khilji Destroy it?
The campus of Nalnda was inaugurated formally by Prime...
‘Flopped diversionary move’: Modi view on Gandhi popularity during polls
In an interview to ABP on 29th May, Prime Minister Narendra Modi stated that "in the last 75 years, wasn't it our responsibility to make Mahatma Gandhi known across the world? Forgive me, but nobody knew Mahatma Gandhi till the film on him was released in 1982."
Nehru’s Prescient Words During 1st General Elections Resonate Today
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On India’s first PM’s 60th death anniversary today, amid a polarising election campaign, his utterances on upholding the Constitution and defeating communal forces resound.
When your past comes back to haunt you: Hindu Mahasabha & Muslim League
How Hindutva Parivar's 'ideological ancestors' supported the British & Muslim League against Indians
Absent in Elections 2024: Dalits and the historic battle for land
Caste, big capital, entrenched political influence continues to determine access to to land. Violence is the means to quell India’s Dalit communities as they struggle to reclaim land that is tilled by them.Punjab, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu have seen emergent movements around Dalit land rights but these are not reflected in manifestos of political formations, yet.
Dear PM Modi! It was Hindutva Organisations, not the Congress that colluded with the Muslim League in Pre-Independence India
Our PM describes himself as ‘Hindu’ nationalist and member...
Fiction as history and history honestly portrayed: a tale of two films and a documentary
In India today, fiction is being peddled as history. What’s tragic is that most Indians are falling for such propaganda. There has been a spate of motivated films financed and promoted by the Sangh Parivar, starting with the ‘Kashmir Files’ to the latest ‘Swatantra Veer Savarkar’.
Congress Radio, the power of revolutionary change: Lessons from ‘Ae Watan Mere Watan’, the film
Usha Mehta, a fiery satyagrahi, mesmerised by Gandhi, is the protagonist of this timely film; she with her two young colleagues, conceived and ran the underground ‘Congress Radio’ from Mumbai to both inform and unite fellow Indians left leaderless after the British crackdown on the Congress leadership following the historic quit India Rally at Gowalia Tank on August 8, 1942; “Karo Ya Maro” (Do or Die) was the powerful cry from the Indian people that day and Congress Radio, epitomises this unique contribution to the freedom struggle; it re-ignited the ‘Quit India Movement’ that challenged the oppressive British regime
Films building up a majoritarian narrative: Swatantraveer Savarkar
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